Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

On the Hunt

WHOI Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry Department’s Bryan James scrapes oil off a rock on a Gulf Coast beach in 2013. The oil sample is one of about a thousand collected from the region since the Deepwater Horizon oil spill four years ago that is part of WHOI marine chemist Chris Reddy’s oil repository library. After it is collected, the oil sample is catalogued in an online database that is free and accessible to the public and scientific community. Reddy and his team of researchers continue to collect and catalogue oil samples from Florida, Alabama, and Louisiana beaches to study how oil spilled in the environment weathers over time. (Photo by Mike McNulty, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

Study Tests Theory that Life Originated at Deep-sea Vents

New research tests a fundamental assumption in the theory that life emerged from deep-sea hydrothermal vents.

Drug Discovery in the Ocean

WHOI scientists are exploring

whether marine microbes have the potential to be a source for disease treatments. Learn more in this video.

Of the River and Time

MIT/WHOI Joint Program student Britta Voss explains how Canada's Fraser River holds links to the history of Earth's landscape and climate.

Sounds of the Sea

Living on Earth (NPR)

Antarctica Penguin Pics Beamed in by Satellite

CNET

NASA's OCO-2 Brings Sharp Focus on Carbon

NASA

A Hydroid Marine Robot Surveys Wreckage from a D-Day Exercise That Went Badly

Boston Globe

Four Years After Blowout, Scientists Report Signs of Life Near
BP Macondo Well

Times-Picayune

WHOI Awarded Top Rating
Among Charities

WHOI has received the highest rating for sound fiscal management, accountability and transparency from Charity Navigator, the nation's largest charity evaluator, for the seventh consecutive year.